A particular favourite of ours for lazy (and hazy) summer chillin’. There are a number of fruity variations of the Mojito and a particularly interesting one with Budvar, but the classic still sits at the top of our tree.
Most recipes call for sugar but sugar syrup blends more easily and lends the drink a little more body. Roll the lime vigorously along your work surface before squeezing to extract more juice.
2 ounces light rum
¾ ounce simple syrup
1 ounce fresh lime juice
Chilled soda water
Handful of fresh mint
In a highball glass muddle most of the mint leaves with the syrup until the leaves are pretty much crushed. (If you don’t have a muddler or the glass is too deep to use one then you can use a pestle and mortar before transferring over to your glass.) Add the lime juice, rum and ice and give the mixture a good stir. Top up with the soda and add a little sprig from the remaining mint on top to garnish.